Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2018) 1(1): 21-31 ISSN: 2661-6270 (Print), ISSN: 2661-6289 (Online) Research Article Economics of fish production at Chitwan district, Nepal 1Tara Sharma, 2Shiva Chandra Dhakal, 2Rishi Ram Kattel, 2Kamala Gharti and 3Jeevan Lamichhane 1Department of Agriculture, Kathmandu, Nepal 2Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal 3Nepal Agricultural Research Council *Correspondence:
[email protected]; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5783-8937 Received: July 26; Accepted: December 01; Published: December 09. © Copyright: Sharma et al. (2018). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ABSTRACT A study was conducted in 2016 to analyze the economics of fish production at Chitwan District of Nepal. Three study sites: East, West and South part of Chitwan were selected purposively. A total of 90 households, 30 from each study site were selected randomly and were interviewed by using pre-tested semi structured questionnaire. Secondary data needed for the study were obtained from DADO, MOAD, NARC and other related organizations working on fisheries and aquaculture sector. Descriptive statistics and extended Cobb Douglas production function was used to accomplish the study objectives for which MS-Excel and SPSS 16 were used. The B/C ratio is obtained dividing the gross return by total variable cost incurred. The total cost of production per ha of the pond area was Rs. 743798 per year with 79 and 21 percent variable and fixed cost components, respectively. Feed cost (28 %) was largest cost item followed by cost for labour (25 %), fingerlings (10 %), maintenance (6 %), manure cum fertilizers (5 %), fuel cum energy (3 %) and limestone and others (2%).